Locals smoke tobacco on a section of a bridge amidst rising flood waters of the River Yamuna in New Delhi on Friday. The water level in the Yamuna River has risen one meter above the danger mark, threatening to flood the nearby low lying areas prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of people living in the low lying areas, according to a news agency.
The Delhi government claimed there was no reason to worry as "all mechanisms have been put in place to deal with the situation" following the release upstream of a huge volume of water into the river by Haryana.
A man watches the rising water level of the River Yamuna in New Delhi on Friday.
According to an official of the Irrigation and Flood Control department, the water level in the Yamuna was recorded at 205.88 metre at 3 pm on Friday, while it was 205.81 an hour earlier.
Locals look at the rising water level of the River Yamuna in New Delhi.
The official said that the water level will continue to rise for the next few hours and is expected to reach 206.35 metres at 4 am on Saturday. He added that a similar situation had arisen last month too due to release of water by Haryana and the Yamuna had swollen to 205.97 metres.
A resident wades through rising flood waters as he comes out of his room near a Hindu temple on the banks of the River Yamuna in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Dikshit told reporters that the "situation is under control" and there was "no reason for people to worry and panic".
A hawker wades through rising flood waters as he enters the gates of a complex to return home, near the banks of the River Yamuna.
She said people living in low-lying areas have been evacuated and shifted to camps put up by the Delhi government. "We are providing them all facilities, including food, in the camps," she said on the sidelines of a function.
A resident wades through rising flood waters as he retrieves his belongings from his room at a Hindu temple on the banks of the River Yamuna, seen through alley right, in New Delhi.
"The situation is under control, don't worry. The huge amount of water which was to reach Delhi from Haryana has fortunately not reached Delhi. I, along with Flood Control Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, am monitoring the situation," she added.
Civil defense persons sit near the bank of the river Yamuna, in New Delhi. Incessant rains in the north India has led to the rising in the water level of river Yamuna, which yet again reached close to the danger mark.
In the meantime, Minister Raj Kumar inspected the low-lying areas near the river. He had held a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the situation.
A woman fills water from a hand pump on the banks of the river Yamuna.
Areas that had been flooded in 1978 included low-lying colonies like Batla House, Garhi Mandu, Yamuna Bazaar, Nigambodh Ghat, Shastri Park, Madanpur Khadar, ITO, Rajghat, Daryaganj, Model Town and Mukherjee Nagar as well as settlements along the river bank.
Children sit on a rickshaw as another, right, proceeds to collect food distributed by a voluntary organization near tents set up by civic authorities for flood victims along the River Yamuna.
However, government officials maintained that these areas were not under threat this time and the river embankments were higher than in 1978. More than 600,000 cusecs of water was released upstream from the Hathni Kund Barrage in Haryana Wednesday, causing the Yamuna to rise four-five cm every hour.
A flood-affected resident prepares to fetch drinking water through floodwaters in a slum near the river Yamuna in New Delhi.
Elaborating some of the emergency measures launched to tackle the situation, an official of the flood control department said that over 100 booster pumps had been fitted along the banks of the river to pump out the water. Orders had been issued for installing more pumps in low-lying areas such as Ring Road, Okhla, Majnu Ka Tila, Burari, Batla House and Jahangirpuri.
Yamuna above danger mark, Delhi shivers
A flood-affected resident wades through floodwaters in a slum near the river Yamuna in New Delhi.
The official said around 75 boats had been kept on the riverside and 68 divers/boatmen and a team of the National Disaster Relief Force deployed to deal with the situation.
Yamuna above danger mark, Delhi shivers
A flood-affected resident carries a child as he wades through floodwaters in a slum near the river Yamuna in New Delhi.
In the 1978 floods, the river had crossed 207.48 metres, affecting more than 250,000 people.
A Metro train moves on a bridge above the over flowing Yamuna river in New Delhi on Thursday.
A rickshaw puller checks his belongings retrieved from his flooded hut on the banks of over flowing Yamuna river in New Delhi on Thursday.
A man affected by flood waters of Yamuna, washes his clothes on the banks of the river in New Delhi on Thursday.
People drive their vehicles on the old Yamuna bridge, which is water logged after the river overflows, in New Delhi on Thursday.
A woman living on the banks of over flowing Yamuna River takes her animal to a safer place in New Delhi on Thursday.
Two boys whose house was submerged by the over flowing Yamuna River carry their cot to a safer place in New Delhi on Thursday.
A stray dog takes shelter on a parked auto rickshaw at a water logged street after heavy rains in Surat on Thursday.
Local people carry motorcycles on a hand-pulled cart as others wade through a water logged street after heavy rains in Surat on Thursday.
Army personnel conducting rescue operation for people affected by flood waters Tawi river, in Jammu on Thursday.
Yamuna above danger mark, Delhi shivers
Overflowing Yamuna near Delhi
Overflowing Yamuna near Delhi
Source: PTI, IANS
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